Suffering the recession’s painful squeeze, more states are eying cuts to low-income health care programs to salvage their budgets.
Ahhh, it’s that time of year again when lawmakers in the post-election political majority start feeling their oats and begin pushing their pet projects.
And Montana Sen. Max Baucus, chair of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, has a biggie on his mind — health care reform. Except Denver’s Rep. Diana DeGette, who serves on the competing Energy and Commerce Committee, isn’t wild about the plan.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar calls it “not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.”
That has become Salazar’s way of dealing with a president who has become as much an obstructionist as an advocate.
A new poll finds the debate over the reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) could affect votes in next year’s elections.
Colorado’s Congressional delegation once again split down party lines Thursday as the U.S. House passed a revised version of a bill to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
The U.S. House failed to override President Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program bill this morning.
The number of votes still needed to override the president’s veto of expanded kids’ health insurance keeps changing. But 48 hours from a House of Representatives decision that Colorado Congressman Mark Udall calls “the most important this year on the…
Colorado Democrats are wasting no time responding to President Bush’s veto this morning of the reauthorization bill for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Bush has been getting attacked from all sides by children’s health advocates, leaders of the…
Colorado Democrats joined 261 other U.S. House members Tuesday in voting for a funding expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The measure passed, but with 151 members voting against it, President Bush’s threatened veto will not likely…
Proponents of comprehensive sex education scored a small victory yesterday when the U.S. Senate stripped a $100 million provision to fund a controversial abstinence-only grant program that was tacked onto the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) bill.
But…
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